When Pieta House approached Louise Cooney and asked her to be an ambassador for Darkness into Light, she accepted almost instantly.
“This is so close to my heart, especially after the year I had,” the lifestyle blogger says. “I just felt with the platform I have, it’s so important to try to help.”
In line with safety measures, the organisation had to adapt in order to continue to provide vital mental health support. Their pivot to virtual counselling proved a challenging but necessary adaption over the last year. “It can be a really emotional time for people, but just try and find the light in it. That’s kind of what the walk is about, to see the light coming through the darkness. It’s a reminder that no matter what’s going on, the sun does rise.”
“It’s definitely getting better,” Louise notes. “Questions like ‘Are you OK?’ and ‘How is your mental health doing?’ have become very normal to ask.”Indeed, mental health doesn’t just refer to anxiety and depression, but also the little steps we can take to safe-guard our well-being every day. For Cooney, having a set routine has been particularly beneficial in dealing with uncertainty.
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